Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejected a call by US President Donald Trump for Iran's "unconditional surrender" as ...

As Israel and Iran continue to pound each other with air strikes, a Tehran resident and a Jerusalem-based journalist share ...

Israel has launched strikes on multiple nuclear and missile sites across Iran, including Natanz, Isfahan, and Arak. The ...

Videos obtained by RFE/RL's Radio Farda show scenes of explosions in Tehran as Israeli strikes continue for a sixth day, fueling fears of a wider conflict.

Ukrainian emergency workers pulled more bodies from the rubble of destroyed Kyiv apartment buildings hit by Russian missile and drone strikes, as the death toll in the Ukrainian capital rose to 24 ...

With Israeli air strikes showing no signs of slowing after five days, thousands are fleeing Tehran, creating traffic jams and ...

A border crossing between Iran and Armenia was flooded with people on June 17 as high numbers of Iranians sought to escape ...

A wounded Ukrainian soldier has just been carried in to a medical stabilization point close to the front line in Ukraine's ...

Working from a makeshift "stabilization point," Ukrainian military medics work fast to provide emergency care for the wounded, treating both soldiers and local civilians in the Sumy region. The area, ...

A survivor captured video of a deadly Russian air strike on Odesa on June 17, ducking for cover as the attack drone landed nearby, engulfing a residential building in a fireball. RFE/RL's Ukrainian ...

I'm RFE/RL Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak, and this week I am drilling down on two issues: Globsec’s big forum in Prague last ...

You are listening to the audio version of the Wider Europe newsletter, published on June 17, 2025, read by an AI-generated voice of RFE/RL's Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak.